11.   Before long, some Republican officials were questioning his abilities as a candidate and Bush himself was battling an image as an intellectual lightweight.

12.   A noncommissioned officer from Ohio who identified himself as a skinhead said in an interview last week that Fort Bragg officials had questioned him for nearly two hours.

13.   A US immigration official questioned her via the speaker but did not require the three travelers to report to the nearest manned border post to show identification.

14.   ACLU officials not only question the usefulness of curfew laws, but argue that they are not worth imposing because they erode constitutional rights.

15.   After initially expressing confidence that the FBI would get to the bottom of the matter, Bush officials now are questioning the progress of the probe.

16.   Bush administration officials question the effectiveness of some of the jobs programs, which Congress created with overwhelming bipartisan support four years ago.

17.   But after federal officials questioned whether a sufficient number of jobs were created, the Fangs agreed to reimburse a portion of the money.

18.   But government officials questioned whether smaller retailers would have been able to defend themselves against the market power of the giant wholesalers.

19.   But district officials question the accuracy of the numbers.

20.   But it is an uneasy arrangement in which the city officials often question whether the doctors are abdicating their responsibilities.